1819—
Letter to Timothy Fuller
read
“My Deserted Village goes on slowly. I have only translated a page and a half.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
WorkOliver Goldsmith
“The Deserted Village”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
ReadMentioned
Documented 1819–1820
Letters
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Confirmed reading
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
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- 1819The Deserted VillageDemonstrated
“Write My Deserted Village goes on slowly. I have only translated a page and a half.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Cambridge. 25th Dec 1819
Engagement type Translated automatically qualifies; she reports translating a page and a half of the poem.
- 1820The Deserted VillageDemonstrated
“when I had finished my Deserted Village I shall finish it well”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · 17th January 1820
Engagement type Translated automatically qualifies; references ongoing translation of the poem.
When Fuller engaged with this work
1820—
Letter to Timothy Fuller
read
“when I had finished my Deserted Village I shall finish it well and desire nothing but the pleasure of giving it to her.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.